Top Five

This week: an exhibition showcasing queer representation in the Jerry and Marilyn Comer Collection of Photography in Richardson, a solo show featuring drawings and sculptures produced over 30 years in Houston, a group show exploring the body as container and domestic spaces in Austin, and more.

This week: a solo exhibition of works by a Texas artist famous for his Hermès scarf designs in Galveston; a multidisciplinary solo show exploring community, humanity, struggle, and spirituality in Dallas; a photo-based group exhibition inspired by the COVID pandemic in Houston, and more.

This week: a solo show featuring photos, performance, and sculpture addressing ongoing threats to the LGBTQ+ and Latinx communities in El Paso, a participatory immersive experience in Austin, an exhibition of drawings on cardboard exploring ideas related to impermanence in Houston, and more.

This week: a sound installation by a New York-based artist in collaboration with local students in Lubbock, a photography exhibition featuring scenes from across Peru in McAllen, a site-specific live video and sound performance in Austin, and more.

This week: A group show exploring the limits of drawing, a history of Mexican American art in El Paso, the 2025 CAM Perennial, and more.

This week: a retrospective spanning 45 years of a photographer's career in Houston, a pop-up exhibition featuring women artists in San Antonio, a solo show exploring sociopolitical issues in Austin, and more.

This week: an exhibition featuring work by an international collection of women artists in Dallas, a group show reflecting on local artists' enthusiasm for alt-rock genres in San Antonio, a solo photo exhibition documenting Black western culture in Houston, and more.

This week: a poetic exploration of anti-colonial resistance in Austin, a solo show of paintings that depict a mystic experience in Houston, a group show featuring contemporary British paintings in Dallas, and more.

This week: the first major retrospective of a pioneer of the Chicano Art Movement in El Paso, a solo exhibition featuring new and historical works by a renowned Texas artist in Dallas, a show of new self-portraits exploring the ambivalence of motherhood in San Antonio, and more.

This week: a three-person show featuring work from and inspired by a tropical region in Houston, a solo exhibition of paper collages exploring dreams and the afterlife in Dallas, a photography show of portraits and landscapes in Austin, and more.

This week: a regional biennial exhibition in Houston, a site-specific installation inspired by poetry in San Antonio, a solo show featuring abstract works that explore healing, empowerment, and transformation in Austin, and more.

This week: a group exhibition examining the history of local Black communities in Austin, a solo show of works by a nationally renowned artist reflecting on her small hometown in Beaumont, three simultaneous solo shows featuring Texas artists at an artist-run space in Houston, and more.

This week: an exhibition featuring collaborative works exploring familial intimacy and cultural heritage in Houston, a group show of works by 17 artists investigating identity, power, and politics in Waco, a retrospective honoring a major figure in the North Texas film scene in Arlington, and more.

Gabriel Martinez and Brandon Zech discuss their anticipated exhibitions in Texas, including solo shows of works by Marisol at the Dallas Museum of Art, Joe Overstreet at the Menil Collection in Houston, and Adrian Esparza at the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in Beaumont. 

This week: an exhibition featuring divine objects in Houston, a show presenting early works by a renowned Houston artist in Victoria, a solo exhibition exploring identity and belonging in Dallas, and more.

This week: an exhibition in San Antonio celebrating the anniversary of a significant essay that shaped the discourse around Chicano Art, a show featuring lens-based artists exploring concepts of home and family in Fort Worth, a traveling exhibition considering the arc of human reproduction through a design lens comes to Houston, and more.

This week: A two person show in Dallas that explores nature and abstraction, a solo show in Austin that addresses the experience of caregiving, a group show in Corpus Christi that traces three generations of Chicano/a artists in South Texas, and more.

This week: a solo show in Houston exploring issues related to queerness through infrastructure, a two-person exhibition in Dallas that considers the limitations of cultural and geographical labels, a juried show in McAllen, and more.

This week: a solo show in San Antonio featuring immersive installations and drawings inspired by found photos, an exhibition exploring the relationship between mother and child and the ability of art to function as a protective act in Houston, a group show featuring artists considering the symbolism of flowers in Austin, and more.

This week: an exhibition about major conflicts between the U.S. and Central America in El Paso, a solo show examining the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' efforts related to Ike Dike in Austin, a meditation on aging in Dallas, and more.